Means for regulating the speed of asynchronous or induction motors.



J. BETHENOD.

MEANS FOR BEGULATING THE SPEED OF ASYNGHRONOUS 0R INDUCTION MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1911.

1,088,517. Patented Feb. 24, 1914' UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BETHENOD, 0F PARIS. FRANCE. ASSIGNOR T0 SOCIEIE ALSACIENNE DE CONSTRUCTIONS'MECANIQUES. OF BELFORT, FRANCE.

MEANS FOR REGULATING THE SPEED OF ASYNCHRONOUS OR INDUCTION MOTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 24, 1914, Application filed. July 18, 1911. Serial No. 639,107.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that I, Josurn Bn'rnnxon, a citizen (1 the French Republic, and resident of Paris. France, have invented certain new and useful Means for Regulating the Speed of Asynchronous or Induction ivlotors, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to means for regulating the speed of induction or asynchronous motors in a manner to prevent any loss of power in the motor.

We-are aware that with the same object in. view, it has been proposed to use polyphase conn'nutator machines which are mechanically coupled with a second auxiliary machine connected to the mains of the motor to be regulated. The commutatorgmachine is connected with the rings of the rot-or of the motor to be regulated, and the group of the two regulating machines restores the electric power received from the rotor to the mains, thus permitting of regulating the number of revolutions of the main motor without any loss of power. One of the drawbacks of said method is that the commutator machine, is traversed by an alternate current whose frequency is equal to that of the slip of said motor. This frequency is thus always relatively small, and when tl1e regulating group is to work in a sufliciently economic manner, one is induced to adopt for the commutator machine a very highly hypersynchronic speed. To obtain however a satisfactory commutation, one is induced to provide said machine with special c'ontrivances such as projecting poles and auxiliary commutation poles, resistantconnections bet-Ween the sections of the rotor and the collector bars, etc.

The object of the present invention consists in providing-a new means for trans- .for 'ning the energy exchanged between the mains and the rotor of the main motor, to eliminate. the drawbacks set forth hereinbefore and one which will permit the use of polyphase commutatormachines of a normal type.

In the accompanying drawing: the figure represents one arrangement of the feed regulator, a shunt excitation being employed.

la the form of the device here'in illustrated there is provided the main motor A through whose rotor coils flows current of low frequency. This main motor A is provided with rings B which are electrically connected with rings B of a polyphase conumztator machine D which is mechanically coupled with av machine E of any doslrcd type, the latter being connected to the line wires 1, 2 and 3 which are also connected to the main motor A. It is to be understood that it is the speed of the main motor A which is to be regulated. It is readily understood that under this arrangement the group D E permits of exchanging electric energy as desired in the rotor of the motor A and the mains in spite of the difference of periodicity existing between those two sources of electric current; the commutator machine D being moreover influenced by current, the frequency of which is nearly the same as the frequency of the current flowing through the line wires, this being obtained by means of a suitable choice of pole numbers in the machines of the group. The said machine D may therefore belong to any normal type, its own slip being on the same order as the slip of the motor A. Moreover the machine B is shown as provided with a hunt excitation which is regulated by the transformer F. Now by the particular arrangementset up in this instance the commutator machine acts at the same time as a frequency converter; owing to the presence of the rings B quency of the currents which flow between B and B is regulated, either by the transformer F 0 by any other suitable means. Thus the desired variation of speed of the motor A is obtained and it may easily be seen that this motor possesses a shuntcharacteristic. or in other words that its speed remains substantially the same whatever may be the load.

Having now vention, what I by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with an asynchronous motor and mains for feeding said motor; of a polyphase commutator machine acting as a frequency converter and an auxiliary mafully described my said inchine fed by mains feeding the motor and- The freclaim and desire to secure mechanically coupled with said polyphuse cure :1 regulation having a shunt charac commutator machine, the rotor of said polytoristic. 10 phase commutator machine being provided in testimony whereof I have hereunto set with rings connected with the rings of the l my hand in the presence of two witnesses. motor to be regulated, the windings of the JOSEPH BETITENOD. stator of said polyphusc con'in'nitator nia- Witnesses:

chine being connected with the brushes S. CRYENE,

rubbing on the commutator, whereby to se- SAVENNE DE (lAsinn. 

